First two preachers' classes outlined

Here are the outlines of the first two preachers' classes. The first is pretty much 9Marks material.

Session 1: What is expository preaching

1.  Introduction to the Class

• What is the format of the class?
• Reading a sermon from a well-known preacher
• Seminar
• Workshop
• Why have the class?
• What is preaching?
• Why is preaching so important?
• What’s missing from much preaching?

2. Defining Expositional Preaching

"An expositional sermon is a sermon in which the point of the Scriptural text is the point of the sermon applied to the life of the church today."

3. What expositional Preaching includes

• The Bible
• Books of the Bible
• The Whole Bible
• Testaments and Genres.
• Scope.
• The Bible’s Storyline
• The Gospel
• God
• Man
• Christ
• Response
• Seeing the Gospel through the lens of the text and the text through the lens of the gospel
• Systematic Theology
• Worldviews
• Evangelism
• The Preparation of the Saints

Session 2: Why Expository Preaching?

Intro: The alternatives seem so appealing!

• There are basic truths that need teaching
• Better to have Doctrinal sermons?
• May seem to “teach the whole counsel of God” more quickly and thoroughly
• There are obvious issues that need addressing
• Better to have Topical sermons?
• May seem more obviously relevant to people
• May seem to deal with issues in the church quicker
• The difference between food and medicine
• Expository preaching tends towards a balanced diet; doctrinal / topical preaching may have quicker effects, and is therefore sometimes useful, but provide a bad overall diet.

Five reasons to make expository preaching the main diet of a congregation.

A. Expository preaching preaches the whole bible

• 2 Tim 3:16-17
• Acts 20:17-31

B. Expository Preaching understands the limits of the preacher

• Preachers are ignorant, God is omniscient
• Preachers are foolish, God is wise
• Preachers are sinful, God is perfect
• Preachers are under authority, the bible carries God’s authority

C. Expository preaching encourages Berean listening

• Acts 17:10-12

D. Expository Preaching models faithful bible reading.

• We read the bible
• To understand it
• To have it ask us questions as much as we ask it questions Job 38:1-3

E. Expository Preaching keeps the church healthy

• the testimony of church history

Preaching class at Twynholm Baptist

Next Wednesday sees the second of our monthly Preachers' Classes here at Twynholm.

Here's the outline of the course we are planning

Year 1

September	Expository Preaching I: What?
October	Expository Preaching II: Why?
November	Expository Preaching III: Imposters
January	Sermon Preparation: Overview
February	Sermon Preparation: Understanding the Text I
March	Sermon Preparation: Understanding the Text II
April	Sermon Preparation: Biblical Theology
May	Sermon Preparation: Key Sentence
June	Sermon Preparation: Outlines

Year 2

September	Sermon Preparation: Explanation and style
October	Sermon Preparation: Application I
November	Sermon Preparation: Application II
December	Sermon Preparation: Illustration
January	Sermon Preparation: Introduction
February	Sermon Preparation: Conclusion and Prayer
March	Self Preparation: Prayer
April	Self Preparation: Fear
May	Sermon Delivery: Passion and Exhortation
June	Sermon Delivery: Use of Notes

Year 3

September	Sermon Delivery: Face, pace and space.
October	Sermon Delivery: Ten ways to be boring.
November	Sermons within the life of the congregation
December	Preaching as a sinner standing in the place of God
January	Planning an Expository Series
February	Doctrinal Preaching
March	Evangelistic Preaching
April	Topical Preaching
May	Conversational or Narrative Preaching?
June	Concluding Reflections

Make-up of each session

8pm	Reading An extract from a great sermon
8:15	Seminar
9:00	Workshop (One person presents short sermon or outline. We all give feedback)
9:30	Finish